BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE MANUAL 48-126
28 MARCH 2019
Aerospace Medicine
BIOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT STANDARDS AND
MODERNIZATION
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the
e-Publishing website at www.e-publishing.af.mil.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/SG3/5PB
Supersedes: AFMAN48-126,
15 August 2014
Certified by: AF/SG3/5
(Major General Robert I. Miller)
Pages: 17
This manual implements requirements of Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 48-1, Aerospace
Medicine Enterprise. This manual applies to all Air Force (AF) base-level Bioenvironmental
Engineering (BE) personnel and organizations in the Regular AF, Air Force Reserve and the Air
National Guard (ANG) in both home station and deployed settings. This guidance was created to
establish a methodology to provide equipment standards to BE flights/elements AF wide as well
as a clear path to equipment modernization. The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements
in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the
compliance statement. See Air Force Instruction (AFI) 33-360, Publications and Forms
Management, for a description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit
requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval
authority, or alternately, to the requestor’s commander for non-tiered compliance items. This
manual prescribes equipment standards and modernization at all base-level locations and has
application to all echelons (Headquarters, Major Command (MAJCOM), Numbered AF, and
Wing/Base). Where practical, the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
(USAFSAM) Force Development Division will follow guidance in this manual to obtain teaching
equipment. The processes contained in this manual do not apply to unique, one-of-a-kind AF units
with uniquely defined mission-sets such as the Air Force Radiation Assessment Team (AFRAT).
This manual outlines the goals of the program along with the responsibilities at each echelon. The
guidance provided in this document does not apply to any equipment programs under the Joint
Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) outlined under Chairman of the Joint
